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(If you're looking for information on the VHS video format, try [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} here]].)

* AManIsAlwaysEager: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] like hell by both Clint in "Amateur Night" and Joey in "Tuesday the 17th". Both are put-off by the circumstances, Clint's [[spoiler: broken arm and recently-murdered friends]] and Joey [[spoiler: being told a ''very'' flimsy excuse about the absence of their friends]] before being propositioned.

* TwistedAnkle: In a surprising [[{{Pun}} "twist"]], it happens twice to ''male'' horror movie protagonists. Both [[spoiler: Clint in "Amateur Night" and Gary in "Tape 56"]] took a tumble down the stairs running away from the villain in their respective segments, although one of them wound up with a broken arm instead.

* DullSurprise: When Gary finds [[spoiler: the bodies of his friends]], the appropriate reaction ''probably'' shouldn't be to laughingly say "Oh, fuck".

* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: The old man constantly disappears from his seat, only to show up in the same spot after disposing of the body of whoever was left alone with him]].

** Right as Clint approaches Lily and Shane to talk Shane out of having sex with her, [[spoiler: there are two long bruises on either side of her spine, foreshadowing her wings emerging at the end to carry Clint off]].

** After they arrive at the hotel room, it's shown twice that [[spoiler: her tongue is ''black'', once when she licks Clint's cheek, and the second when she roars at Patrick's attempt to interrupt her]].
* GroinAttack: A ''very'' horrifying version when [[spoiler: Lily rips out '''all''' of Patrick's tackle]]. Thankfully, the guy was dead by this point.
* HotAsHell: [[spoiler: Lily is a demonic creature who kills the men she has sex with.]]

* TheLoinsSleepTonight: A completely justified version, since [[spoiler: Clint's left arm ''just'' suffered a compound fracture while trying to flee from Lily, who tries to initiate a blowjob while coated in the blood of his friends]]. [[spoiler: To make no mention of those rows of sharp teeth that could [[GroinAttack snip his member in a blink]], among other [[BodyHorror body horrors]].]]

* MeaningfulName: Lily has a name that sounds similar to, and is sometimes used as a diminutive form of, Lilith, [[spoiler: which happens to be the name of a mythological succubus]].

* DomesticAbuse: Sam isn't the best of husbands to Stephanie. He pressures her to let him film her in a state of undress and complaining excessively when she refuses, he's possibly lying to her about who was at the door, he blames her when the money in his wallet goes missing, and he's generally passive-aggressive toward her. This works against him when [[spoiler: Stephanie decides to help her lesbian lover murder him]].

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Wendy, seeming to be the FinalGirl, actually led the rest of the group right into the Glitch's clutches.]]

* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Samantha]] gets a knife through the back of the skull, and it pokes out an eye from behind.

** FiveSecondForeshadowing: Samantha's offer to show Spider "something really disgusting" is this considering [[spoiler: the Glitch throws a knife through the back of her head seconds later]], bordering on TemptingFate.

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: [[spoiler: Emily]] is only a little curious [[spoiler: when she's fishing around in her arm with a skewer.]]

* TrackingDevice: [[spoiler: The lump in Emily's arm]] turns out to be one of these.

* AllPartOfTheShow: The initial reaction of the protagonists when they [[spoiler: stumble upon an exorcism in the attic, gleefully chanting "cast him down!"]] -- until they see the woman get smacked ''hard''. [[spoiler:In the alternate ending where they escape, they walk away thinking that everything they saw was just a particularly extreme and badass Halloween attraction.]]
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: The guys go back to save the poor captive girl. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, once they reach a [[RailroadTracksOfDoom railroad crossing]], [[FalseInnocenceTrick the favor is not returned]].]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:The four main characters interrupt an exorcism and "save" the possessed girl, allowing her to go free and kill them all.]] Given that [[spoiler: they came upon four men chanting something weird, surrounding a chained-up girl while one of them held a knife]], conclusion-jumping is pretty understandable.
* TheNineties: The segment is set in 1998, and the four friends go out to the Halloween party dressed as contemporary news items, the Unabomber and the Nanny Cam.

* TwistedAnkle: In a surprising "twist", it happens twice to ''male'' horror movie protagonists. Both [[spoiler: Clint in "Amateur Night" and Gary in "Tape 56"]] took a tumble down the stairs running away from the villain in their respective segments, although one of them wound up with a broken arm instead.

* TwistedAnkle: In a surprising [[JustForPun twist]], it happens twice to ''male'' horror movie protagonists. Both [[spoiler: Clint in "Amateur Night" and Gary in "Tape 56"]] took a tumble down the stairs running away from the villain in their respective segments, although one of them wound up with a broken arm instead.

* ''Film/VHS85'' (2023)

* ''V/H/S/85'' (2023)

* TheForeignSubtitle:
** Germany: ''V/H/S: A Murderous Collection''
** Japan: ''V/H/S: Syndrome''
** Peru: ''V/H/S: The Chronicles of Fear''

* ''The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily'' ''[[LongTitle When She Was Younger]]'': In a segment told entirely through video chats, Emily, talking to her long-distance boyfriend James, believes that she is being plagued by paranormal phenomena, reminding her of a strange accident that occurred in her youth. While she aims to figure out just what the source of the apparent hauntings is, the truth turns out to be much stranger.

* OverlyLongTitle: "The Sick Thing That Happened To Emily When She Was Younger".

** Tuesday the 17th: [[CameraScrew The Glitch]]

* NoNameGiven: The killer, referred to in the credits simply as "[[CameraScrew The Glitch]]".

* ''[[Film/KidsVsAliens Kids vs. Aliens]]'' (2023): A spinoff based on [=V/H/S/2's=] "Slumber Party Alien Abduction" segment.

* ''[[Film/KidsVsAliens Kids vs. Aliens]]'' (2023): A spinoff based on the "Slumber Party Alien Abduction" segment.

* DeathBySex: Due to the woman being a [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]].

** ''[[Film/Siren2016 Siren]]'' (2016): A feature length film based on the concept introduced in "Amateur Night" with Hannah Fierman reprising her role as [[ADayInTheLimelight Lily]].
** ''[[Film/KidsVsAliens Kids vs. Aliens]]'' (2023): Another spinoff based on the "Slumber Party Alien Abduction" segment.

* ''V/H/S: Video Horror Shorts'' (2018): A series of shorts released to Snapchat.

A sequel titled ''[[{{Film/VHS2}} V/H/S/2]]'' was made in 2013, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. It features shorts from Gareth Evans & Timo Tjahjanto, Eduardo Sanchez & Gregg Hale, Jason Eisener, Adam Wingard, and Simon Barrett. Watch the teaser trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38OOLoymvYQ here.]] A second sequel entitled ''Film/VHSViral'' was released October 23, 2014. In 2016, a feature length film based on the concept introduced in "Amateur Night", ''[[Film/Siren2016 Siren]]'', was released, with Hannah Fierman reprising her role as [[ADayInTheLimelight Lily]]. A fourth entry titled ''[[{{Film/VHS94}} V/H/S/94]]'' completed principal photography during the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and was released on October 6, 2021 through the streaming service Shudder. A fifth entry, ''[[Film/VHS99 V/H/S/99]]'', debuted on Shudder on October 20, 2022, and a sixth film, ''V/H/S/85'', is slated to release sometime in 2023, along with another spinoff based on the second film's ''Slumber Party Alien Abduction'' titled ''[[Film/KidsVsAliens Kids vs. Aliens]]''.

A sequel titled ''[[{{Film/VHS2}} V/H/S/2]]'' was made in 2013, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. It features shorts from Gareth Evans & Timo Tjahjanto, Eduardo Sanchez & Gregg Hale, Jason Eisener, Adam Wingard, and Simon Barrett. Watch the teaser trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38OOLoymvYQ here.]] A second sequel entitled ''Film/VHSViral'' was released October 23, 2014. In 2016, a feature length film based on the concept introduced in "Amateur Night", ''[[Film/Siren2016 Siren]]'', was released, with Hannah Fierman reprising her role as [[ADayInTheLimelight Lily]]. A fourth entry titled ''[[{{Film/VHS94}} V/H/S/94]]'' completed principal photography during the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and was released on October 6, 2021 through the streaming service Shudder. A fifth entry, ''[[Film/VHS99 V/H/S/99]]'', debuted on Shudder on October 20, 2022, and a sixth film, ''V/H/S/85'', is slated to release sometime in 2023, along with another spinoff based on the second film's ''Slumber Party Alien Abduction'' titled ''Kids vs. Aliens''.

A sequel titled ''[[{{Film/VHS2}} V/H/S/2]]'' was made in 2013, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. It features shorts from Gareth Evans & Timo Tjahjanto, Eduardo Sanchez & Gregg Hale, Jason Eisener, Adam Wingard, and Simon Barrett. Watch the teaser trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38OOLoymvYQ here.]] A second sequel entitled ''Film/VHSViral'' was released October 23, 2014. In 2016, a feature length film based on the concept introduced in "Amateur Night", ''[[Film/Siren2016 Siren]]'', was released, with Hannah Fierman reprising her role as [[ADayInTheLimelight Lily]]. A fourth entry titled ''[[{{Film/VHS94}} V/H/S/94]]'' completed principal photography during the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and was released on October 6, 2021 through the streaming service Shudder. A fifth entry, ''[[Film/VHS99 V/H/S/99]]'', debuted on Shudder on October 20, 2022, and a sixth film, ''V/H/S/85'', is slated to release sometime in 2023.

* DeathBySex: Due to the woman being a {{Horny Devil|s}}.

* BodyHorror: At first, Emily gets a small bump on her arm, which she suspects is from bruising. Later, she [[spoiler: digs inside her arm with a scalpel and a kitchen skewer after suspecting something in there]]. But the crowning moment has to be [[spoiler:the reveal that she's pregnant with alien spawn... and it's heavily implied this isn't the first time. The thing she thought was in her arm was real as well, and sis revealed to be a tracking device the aliens put in her.]]

A sequel titled ''[[{{Film/VHS2}} V/H/S/2 ]]'' was made in 2013, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. It features shorts from Gareth Evans & Timo Tjahjanto, Eduardo Sanchez & Gregg Hale, Jason Eisener, Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett. Watch the teaser trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38OOLoymvYQ here.]] A second sequel entitled ''Film/VHSViral'' was released October 23, 2014. In 2016, a feature length film based on the concept introduced in "Amateur Night", ''[[Film/Siren2016 Siren]]'', was released, with Hannah Fierman reprising her role as [[ADayInTheLimelight Lily]]. A fourth entry titled ''[[{{Film/VHS94}} V/H/S/94]]'' completed principal photography during the COVID-19 pandemic and was released on October 6, 2021 through the streaming service Shudder. A fifth entry, ''[[Film/VHS99 V/H/S/99]]'', is set to debut on Shudder October 20, 2022 and a sixth film, ''V/H/S/85'', is slated to release sometime in 2023.

* {{Mundanger}}: Th is is the only segment in any of the films in the series where there is most probably nothing supernatural or sci-fi going on. [[spoiler:The villains are a PsychoLesbian couple with nothing really abnormal about them aside from being AxCrazy.]]

** Amateur Night: [[spoiler:[[HornyDevils Lily]]]].

* HornyDevils: [[spoiler: Lily is a succubus-type creature.]]